cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/55550318
The extent of dependence on the USA in the digital sector is currently being experienced by a French judge. Nicolas Guillou, one of six judges and three prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC), was sanctioned by the USA in August. He described his current situation as a digital time travel back to the 1990s, before the internet age, in a recent interview.
The reason for the US sanctions are the arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. They were indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the context of the destruction of the Gaza Strip. The USA condemned this decision by the court, whereupon the US Treasury Department sanctioned six judges and three prosecutors.
Digitally excluded from almost everything In Guillou’s daily life, this means that he is excluded from digital life and much of what is considered standard today, he told the French newspaper Le Monde. All his accounts with US companies such as Amazon, Airbnb, or PayPal were immediately closed by the providers. Online bookings, such as through Expedia, are immediately canceled, even if they concern hotels in France. Participation in e-commerce is also practically no longer possible for him, as US companies always play a role in one way or another, and they are strictly forbidden to enter into any trade relationship with sanctioned individuals.
What does Isreal have on America that the US well sanction an individual for an arrest warrant on a none US citizen.
Fuck the US the world should have not centralized on one country but it’s to late as any competing company well just be bought by the American ones. Contries shoudl have been blocking the purchases.
Also it doesn’t matter what a country does for laws as the American companies have to follow American laws no matter what.
We are so fucked.
The American evangelicals who pull a lot of the puppet strings within the GOP are convinced that Isreal is critically important to (their interpretation of) the biblical plan for Jesus to come back.
In their eyes, anything that they believe might interfere with that needs to be stopped.
They view this as a religious duty.